Today in the news: BlackBerry users to get free apps

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Oct 18, 2011 at 12:01 AMOct 18, 2011 at 6:00 PM

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News to know

To make up for last week's BlackBerry outages, Research in Motion is offering affected customers $100 in free apps and a month of free tech support. Also, reports have started to surface that car accidents declined at least 20 percent in Dubai and Abu Dhabi during -- some say, because of -- the outage that ceased drivers' ability to text.

Quote of note

“Whether or not he made his comments in jest, Mr. Cain’s words show a lack of understanding of the immigration issues our country is facing and a staggering lack of sensitivity.” -- Democratic Rep. Charles A. Gonzalez of Texas, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, responding Monday to GOP candidate Herman Cain's comment at two Tennessee campaign stops Saturday on building an electrified, barbed-wire-topped border between the U.S. and Mexico to kill illegal immigrants. Cain said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" that his comment was a joke.

Hot video

IndyCar racers and fans continue to mourn Dan Wheldon, 33, who was killed in a fiery accident Sunday during a race in Las Vegas.

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